I saw the photos of Olympic Park, currently on construction in Stratford in east London, on ES, a lifestyle magazine which comes with London’s free evening paper Evening Standard on Fridays. The construction seems to be going well, in compare to Athens Olympic, with its construction of the olympic facilities were finished just few seconds before the inauguration.

Well-known eccentric London Mayor Boris Johnson stunned UK with an astonishing speech at the Beijing Olympic closing ceremony, declaring ‘Ping pong is coming home!’, at the heart of Ping-Pong empire of the world (see details here). According to the mayor, ping-pong was invented on the dining tables of England in the 19th century, and it was called “whiff whaff”. Later his claim has been attacked by the descendants of the world’s oldest sporting and games manufacturer “Jacques London“, who claim that their Jaques family was first to codify the game (see details here).

I am not sure what is the truth, but whatever the truth, it may be a good idea to play ping-pong to shed some calories off from your body, after having a pint of beer at a pub, under long daylight during London’s short but nice summer.